The TV Show
The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
Episodes
186 episodes
The Bachelorette Goes Crazy and ABC Loses $30 Million!!
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to talk about the disaster at ABC as an entire season of The Bachelorette has been scrapped because someone didn't do their homework and decided to let a known abuser be the star of the show. T...
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31:22
It's Time To Talk About The Oscars!
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the Oscars, something that only Jay seems really excited about (because he loved One Battle After Another). Is the problem the movies themselves? The selections by the academ...
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Steve Carell Has a New Show Out... Is It Worthy of His Talents?
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss Rooster, the new show by unstoppable king of TV, Bill Lawrence, starring Steve Carell. They've all seen it, so it gets the rare triple review. But the big question is wheth...
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30:37
Paramount is Buying Warner Brothers and We're All Doomed
This was ALMOST an emergency pod: Angelo, Rhea, and Jay discuss the implications of the huge mega-merger of Paramount/Skydance and Warner Bros/Discovery, a union that will leave the new entity with EIGHTY BILLION WITH A B dollars in debt. ...
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31:03
Just How Bad Did the BAFTAs Mess Up?!
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the complete debacle of the BAFTAs, where a man with Tourette’s Syndrome screamed a slur during Michael B. Jordan’s time on stage and the powers that be DID NOT edit it out for broadcast. What could pos...
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What's The Best Performance in a Bad Movie?
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss Rose Byrne's phenomenal performance in the otherwise pretty terrible If I Had Legs I Would Kick You, and discuss the long legacy of great actors giving great performances in lousy movies.<...
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Bad Bunny vs. Kid Rock and more Super Bowl Thoughts
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the biggest controversy in TV this week: which Super Bowl halftime show to watch. Now that everything is political, what singers we enjoy with our nachos has to be political too. The gang di...
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Is Anyone Excited for the Super Bowl!?
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the NFL's dominating ratings through the regular season and the playoffs...right up to the Conference Championships, which were down around 7%. Will the lack of a big market team mean the ratings ...
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Is Starfleet Academy the new TNG (and other Nerdy Thoughts)
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the brand new Star Trek show, Starfleet Academy, and only one of them is really happy about it (hint: he's a huge nerd!). Is Academy the "Nu Trek" show worthy of the title of the new TNG?THEN, th...
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Heated Rivalry is Warming Up the NHL!
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the hottest new show on TV: Heated Rivalry and the bump in ratings that the NHL is seeing because of it. Would a popular show about a sport make you interested in seeing that sport?<...
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33:46
Does Anyone Watch The Golden Globes Anymore!?
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss Sunday's Golden Globes and whether or not people actually care about awards shows anymore. Other than One Battle After Another winning (thereby vindicating Jay), Sean Penn smoking, a...
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31:02
#ConformityGate, Chevy Chase, and Conclusions
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss whether or not there is a SECRET 9th episode of Stranger Things and what makes for a good final episode of a show. Were things better in the old days when shows would just... end...
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The Best and Worst of 2025
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay take a look back at 2025 and pick out the best and worst shows of the year. If you were looking for something to binge this New Years, they've got you covered!THEN: Stranger Things is having an all-ti...
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36:03
What's The BEST Christmas Movie of ALL TIME!?
It's just Jay and Rhea this week and it's a *very* special episode: 16 movies in a tournament to find out the very best Christmas movie all time. Whose bracket will you agree with? Jay's or Rhea's? You DON'T want to m...
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34:48
Remembering Rob Reiner
In the wake of Rob Reiner's horrific death, Angelo, Rhea, and Jay celebrate his life and work by talking about the projects of his that they loved the most. From This is Spinal Tap to a A Few Good Men to the moving "fan ...
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32:49
The Warner Brothers Drama Just Got Spicy
Rhea is back and she's just in time to join Angelo and Jay for a discussion about the latest developments in the Warner Brothers saga. It looked like it was going to be Netflix buying the storied company, but then, like a villain in a mov...
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31:21
Stranger Things, the NFL Red Zone Catastrophe, and Wake Up Dead Man
It's just Jay and Angelo this week (with a special visit from Jay's two oldest kids) and they start off the show fuming mad at what ESPN is doing to the greatest entertainment on TV: The NFL Red Zone. They keep shoving commercials into it...
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39:22
We Deep Dive into the Beast in Me
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to get deep into Netflix's latest huge hit show, The Beast in Me. It's an airport novel of a TV show, cranking on all cylinders, and the crew is united in their thoughts about it!THEN, H...
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Which Dead Celebrity Made the MOST Money This Year?
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to talk about dead celebrities: specifically, which celebrities have earned the most amount of money despite not being on this planet anymore. Some are easy to guess, others are ones you wouldn't have though...
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32:53
Is Pluribus the BEST New Show on TV?!
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the premier of TV's biggest event show in ages: Pluribus, a gigantic Sci-Fi show, with a huge budget and Vince Gilligan's name behind it. Does it live up to the hype?! What are...
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31:14
The Best World Series of all Time?
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the amazing ratings of an all-time great World Series and whether or not changes like the pitch clock have saved the decades-long decline of Major League Baseball.Then, the gang discusses Reese W...
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31:48
House of Dynamite's Ending MELTED OUR BRAINS
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the brand new hit movie on Netflix, House of Dynamite, and it's explosive, controversial LET DOWN of an ending. Are audience's owed a satisfying ending? Maybe not, but they're at le...
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33:13
Apple TV's great content, 'F bombs' on late night TV, Rocky's TV series, and MORE
We open with the headline everyone’s talking about: Saturday Night Live host Sabrina Carpenter dropping not one but two F-bombs during her performance. Was it an accident—or marketing genius? The crew recalls when sayin...
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33:14
WE ARE IN PERSON: Remembering Diane Keaton, Tron: Ares, loudness of streaming commercials, and MORE
A moment that’s been 180 episodes in the making: the entire crew finally recording in person. We start the show with a heartfelt discussion about the passing of Diane Keaton, whose legacy sparks both nostalgia and debate. From Anni...
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39:19
Taylor Swift breaks the box office, SNL reveals new cast members, 'One Battle after Another' and MORE
We start the show by breaking down Taylor Swift’s box office takeover. Her new concert film pulled in over $33 million this weekend—crushing The Rock’s Smashing Machine and proving, once again, that Swifties might just be single-handed...
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